Windows 10 release week: what to expect and how to download

After nine months of waiting, Windows 10 is almost here.

Tuesday night at midnight, Microsoft will release the first full release of Windows 10, the biggest sea change in PC software in nearly three years. It’s kind of a big deal! We’ve been getting previews of Windows 10 since October, and the rollout of the actual software will happen in stages, but midnight will still be zero hour for answering a lot of the questions that have swirled around Windows 10 since it was first announced. How do you build a single OS for laptops, tablets, and smartphones? Tuesday night, we’ll find out.